2006-07 - News Archives

Bethany College hosted their third Relay For Life on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at the Thomas Phillips Johnson Recreational Center. 186 people participated in the event which began at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and continued through the night until 6:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.

Bethany College's Phi Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity traveled to Oxford, Ohio July 20-23 to celebrate the National Convention and Centennial Celebration. Throughout the weekend, the Bethany chapter and members of the fraternity were honored for their contributions to Phi Kappa Tau.

Bethany College Communication Professor, Dr. Patrick Sutherland, will be presenting research on media convergence and integration at the First Annual “Expanding the Definition of Convergence and Integration” Conference to be held April 19-20, at Texas Tech University.

Many Bethany College students are taking steps to improve their chance of obtaining a job after college, by participating in the Washington Center Internship Program and spending a semester in Washington, D.C. interning at an institution whose work is of interest to the student.

West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin will visit Bethany College on Thursday March 29, 2007. A special convocation will be held at 11:30 a.m. on the College campus to honor Governor Manchin. He will speak in historic Commencement Hall on the benefits of higher education in West Virginia. Prior to his speech, he will be presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree.

Bethany College will celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March with a variety of events for students, faculty, staff, and members of the community. Sponsored by the Office of Student Services, Amnesty International, and Alpha Xi Delta sorority, these activities are open to all.

Partnering with 16 corporations, foundations, and individual donors, West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities, Inc. (WVICU), recently announced recipients of the Circle of Vision Scholarship for 2006-07 at Bethany College. This announcement came shortly after WVICU revealed its 2006 fundraising campaign surpassed a $1.1 million goal.

Justin Mackey, a junior communication major at Bethany College, has been named a national student electronic media competition finalist at the National Broadcasting Society’s annual convention to be held in Chicago. Mackey, son of Laurenda Mackey and David Titmus, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is nominated in the Video Drama category for the submission of a production titled “Half-Asleep.”

The Bethany College Communication Department will host several days of communication lectures and panels during the week of Monday, April 9 through Friday, April 13; concluding with an awards banquet and brunch on Sunday, April 15, in honor of communication students.

Bethany College will celebrate National Poetry Month by hosting two poets during the month of April. On Thursday April 5, Jericho Brown will be on campus and Stacey Waite will visit on Friday April 13.

The Bethany College Theatre will conclude their main stage season April 11-14 with the Steven Dietz' production, Private Eyes. The performance will be held each day at 8 p.m. in Wailes Theater on the Bethany College Campus.

Bethany College Professor of Biology John T. Burns has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as a Fulbright Scholar grantee. The Board consists of 12 members appointed by the President to select Fulbright recipients.

The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has given Bethany College national recognition for their teacher preparation program in the areas of Elementary Education, Science Education and Social Studies Education.

Bethany College Associate Professor of Communication Dr. Patrick J. Sutherland has been invited to attend the New Media Summit in New York City on June 7 and 8. Some 80 academics, journalists and business leaders from around the United States will be attending the event which is co-sponsored by Edelman Corporate and Public Affairs and PR Week.

Bethany College announces the Dean's List for the spring semester 2007. Those named to the Dean's List must have completed at least 12 graded credits and must have earned a 3.65 or better academic average during the semester to qualify.

Bethany College sophomore women’s basketball player Kaitlyn McCormick (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) has been selected as a finalist for the seventh annual V Foundation Comeback Award, which is presented by the V Foundation for Cancer Research, in conjunction with ESPN.

Several members of the Pittsburgh Steelers will be at Bethany College Tuesday, March 27, 2007 to play a charity basketball game against Bethany students. The game will be held at 8 p.m. at Bethany’s Hummel Field House.

President G.T. “Buck” Smith recently announced that Professor Kenn Morgan has accepted the invitation to serve as the Coordinator and Curator of the Renner Union Gallery and the Bethany College permanent art collection.

Bethany College seniors James Wallace (Bellaire, Ohio/Linsly) and Chris Stephens (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Central) were voted to ESPN the Magazine’s College Division Academic All-District II teams Thursday, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Three Bethany College students are participating in the fourth annual West Virginia Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on February 8, 2007, which features 87 students representing 12 West Virginia colleges and universities.
Bethany College students who are participating are:

Amanda McCoy, a sophomore music major at Bethany, has been accepted to Bass At The Beach, a five day conference for serious bass guitar students. McCoy was among 60 students selected to attend the conference to be held February 14-18, 2007 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A total of 22 student-athletes from Bethany College earned a spot on the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Academic Honor Roll during the 2006 fall semester, which was released Thursday by the conference office.

Representatives of the Greek Community at Bethany College presented a check to the River Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross on Wednesday, January 10, 2006 at 10 a.m. in the Renner Union Art Gallery, on the Bethany College campus.

Bethany College will be sponsoring (RED) Week February 4-10, in order to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. Sponsored by Student National Education Association, Student Activities Council and Brian Fernandes, the goal of (RED) Week, is to raise $10,000 to donate to The Global Fund.

Bethany College has been named a recipient of the 2007 West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (WVEPSCoR) Instrumentation and Innovation grant. $20,000 will be given to Bethany to purchase equipment that will enhance and expand teaching and research in physiology and behavior in the biology department.

The Music Faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences of Bethany College will present the Annual Fall Ensemble Concert on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7:30 pm., in Commencement Hall on the Bethany College Campus.

Bethany College will host a Japanese Food Presentation, Sushi Demonstration and Sushi Workshop, Thursday, October 26 in the Private Dining Room of Benedum Commons. The project is part of the college’s annual Explore Japan Days Celebration, a 19-year tradition.

Local country music sensations the PovertyNeck Hillbillies will be performing at Bethany College on Thursday, October 19. The performance will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Renner Too and is open to Bethany students, faculty, staff, and community.

The Seattle Mariners have announced Dave Sims as the newest member of their broadcast team. The announcement, which came Thursday, January 11, 2007, said Sims will focus on play-by-play duties on the Mariners' television broadcasts.

About 100 local government officials from across the state gathered in Charleston, West Virginia over the last weekend in August to attend the Fall 2006 session of the West Virginia University Local Government Leadership Academy, coordinated by the WVU Institute for Public Affairs. The two-day session included a series of three-hour workshops designed to develop and hone the leadership and governing skills of West Virginia’s city and county government officials.

The Bethany College Theatre will kick off their 2006-07 season September 15-16 when they, in association with the Student Activities Council, host the Pittsburgh Irish Classical Theatre’s production of First Love by Samuel Beckett.

The 2005-2006 edition of The Harbinger, Bethany’s annual literature and art magazine, has been printed and is being released to the public. This year’s edition is a special compilation of poetry, fiction, and art from Bethany students, faculty, and alumni.

Bethany College has named Kosmas Mouratidis, currently the head men’s soccer coach at the school, as its new athletic director and chair of the physical education department. The announcement came Tuesday from Bethany president Dr. G.T. “Buck” Smith.

Now in his 45th year of devoted service to his alma mater, Senior Vice President and athletic director Joe Kurey is retiring from Bethany College, as announced Thursday (Aug. 24) by Bethany president G.T. “Buck” Smith.

Retired General Wesley K. Clark paid a visit to the Bethany campus on Monday, September 11, 2006. During his visit, General Clark spoke in historic Commencement Hall. Located in Old Main, Commencement Hall has served as host to numerous other prominent world figures including four U.S. Presidents. A reception will follow in the Old Main Corridor.

President George W. Bush announced Tuesday, August 15, 2006, he intends to appoint Bethany College graduate, John Edward Niederhuber, M.D., to be the 13th director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Do you have trouble going to sleep? Do you wakeup too early? Are you bothered by shift work or jet lag? Do you feel bad because you did not take your medications at the right time of day? Investigating such problems and others is the concern of the field of biological rhythms, or chronobiology.

The Bethany College men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs were both recently honored when the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its Spring Team and Individual Academic All-American Teams.

Aleece Gresham, former first lady of Bethany College, passed away on May 1, 2006 at Pleasant View Retirement Community in Manheim, Pa. She was born Alice Mary Fickling in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 27, 1904.

Bethany College senior Matt Drahos (Wheeling, W.Va./John Marshall) scored a school-record 49 points and the Bison men’s basketball team also set a school record for points in a 140-109 victory at Westminster (Pa.) College Monday night.